The Banda de Moleques,formed in 1991 and currently with around 20 members, arose from a series of workshops dedicated to Brasilian music organised by Jürgen Schwenkglenks
Although the band started off playing mainly samba-batucada, the most popular form of samba in Rio de Janeiro, its repertoire has grown considerably in recent years and now includes bossa nova, choro, forro, maracatu, samba-reggae and candombe arrangements, in addition to several batucadas.
The band's debut at the Passau Bürgerfest in 1992 was followed by many performances at a wide range of events such as the annual Fiesta Latina organised by the German-Spanish cultural association (DSG), jazz events, festivals, carnival processions and benefit concerts for aid projects in Brasil.

The "Banda de Moleques" is also a regular participant in the annual International Samba Festival in Coburg, together with Vincivi, the samba formation from Schwarzenbruck.
The band mostly plays rhythm instruments such as surdos (bass drums), tamborims (small frame drums), agogos, snare drums, congas etc. with occassional contributions from flute, guitar, saxophone, accordeon and e-bass players. A musical cooperation with singer Sueli Torres from Salvador in Brasil is also in the pipeline.
Those interesting in joining the band are invited to learn the basics in the the beginner's course with later progression to the performance group. This course takes place every Tuesday from 6.30 pm to 7.30 pm in the Montessori School, Spitalhofstr.37, Passau.